If schools took on the mindset evidence seriously, what would they need to change?
"Mindset" refers to Carol Dweck's book
Schools would need to change parental attitudes and teacher attitudes and frankly societal attitude.
They can easily and inexpensively do this by listening to self-improvement experts like Jim Rohn, Tony Robbins, Darren Hardy and Robin Sharma. These MP3s and books can be found at www.success.com
I do not know why the education sector has not embraced these philosophies!
Jim Rohn "The Challenge to Succeed" is the classic and has advice like "If you keep up the repetitive process, you can go from 5 pushups to 50!" and "How many years do you want your kid to be in 4th grade? about 1!!" and many many many other gems!! These CDs help me with teaching but also with the rest of my life in parenting, relationships, fitness and finance.
The Challenge to Succeed CD set by Jim Rohn
I do incorporate these ideas into my teaching in the college classroom but not sure many of my colleagues are thinking about teaching and learning from this perspective. I emailed our Academic Resource Center and Ed chair about spreading the mindset evidence and self-improvement idea that could change so many lives!
I think there should be a national campaign for adults to improve their cognitive ability. Patricia Marx just wrote an article in the New Yorker on how she used brain training software which is cutting edge but we can use books from the SAT and especially ACT (since it is Common Core aligned!) and take the tests. I took the ACT last year at age 48 -- I learned a lot of analytical science skills. I highly recommend taking these exams as it puts us in the shoes of the student and makes us smarter -- I learned grammar in 2009 when I took the SAT ;)
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
How to Learn Math Do you think you can get smarter?
Question for students (and parents):
Do you think you can get smarter?
I ask this of my college students and at the end of the semester about 1/2 of them say "yes"
We think IQ is fixed when it is actually malleable. This attitude may not take a learning disabled student to an Ivy League university just like some people are not likely to play professional basketball. But if you throw 100 free throws every day you will improve and if you do Math every day, you will also improve!
https://class.stanford.edu/courses/Education/EDUC115N/How_to_Learn_Math/about
Do you think you can get smarter?
I ask this of my college students and at the end of the semester about 1/2 of them say "yes"
We think IQ is fixed when it is actually malleable. This attitude may not take a learning disabled student to an Ivy League university just like some people are not likely to play professional basketball. But if you throw 100 free throws every day you will improve and if you do Math every day, you will also improve!
https://class.stanford.edu/courses/Education/EDUC115N/How_to_Learn_Math/about
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Daily and Weekly Disciplines as of Summer 2013
Daily: A power walk with arms swinging above my head to two songs: "Life" by Haddaway and "get Ready for This" by 2 Unlimited. Then the cooldown is "Chariots of Fire" by Vangelis.
About 3 - 5 times/week: Workout for 30 mins either on the bike, elliptical or rower at the Y
Daily: Stretch 10 minutes
Daily: Green drink
About 3 - 5 times/week: at least 1 hour of fresh air
About 3-5 times/week: an average of about 2 hour of writing my book "Raising Math Confident Kids"
Daily: Clean at least 10 minutes
About 3 - 5 times/week: 10 minutes of project cleaning
About 3 - 5 times/week: listen to Jim Rohn or someone like him
Daily: Tweet, Facebook and LinkedIn sometimes set up previously on Hootsuite
About 3 - 5 times/week: Workout for 30 mins either on the bike, elliptical or rower at the Y
Daily: Stretch 10 minutes
Daily: Green drink
About 3 - 5 times/week: at least 1 hour of fresh air
About 3-5 times/week: an average of about 2 hour of writing my book "Raising Math Confident Kids"
Daily: Clean at least 10 minutes
About 3 - 5 times/week: 10 minutes of project cleaning
About 3 - 5 times/week: listen to Jim Rohn or someone like him
Daily: Tweet, Facebook and LinkedIn sometimes set up previously on Hootsuite
Monday, July 01, 2013
July 2013 Brain Teaser Solution
Q: This is from the game show "Let's Make a Deal": Suppose you're on a game show, and you're given the choice of three doors: Behind one door is a car; behind the others, goats. You pick a door, say No. 1, and the host, who knows what's behind the doors, opens another door, say No. 3, which has a goat. He then says to you, "Do you want to pick door No. 2?" Is it to your advantage to switch your choice?
A: This famous problem from the early 1990's was first discussed and debated in Marilyn Vos Savant's (the person with the highest IQ!) Parade column. She received many letters saying she was wrong but most people agree once they read through this:
Yes; you should switch. The first door has a 1/3 chance of winning, but the second door has a 2/3 chance. Here’s a good way to visualize what happened. Suppose there are a million doors, and you pick door #1. Then the host, who knows what’s behind the doors and will always avoid the one with the prize, opens them all except door #777,777. You’d switch to that door pretty fast, wouldn’t you?
and this : http://marilynvossavant.com/game-show-problem/
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